Collaborations within the Collaborations within the National Digital National Digital
Information Information Infrastructure and Infrastructure and
Preservation ProgramPreservation ProgramBy Tim McRoberts
LIS7780Professor Joan Beaudoin
April 24, 2011
TopicTopic
TasksTasks
Importance of community collaboration.
The Strategy of The Library of Congress
◦Shared technical framework
◦Identifying best practices
◦Research support
Communities and CollaborationCommunities and Collaboration
Communities working together
◦WNET and WGBH
◦PBS
◦NYU
Communities and Collaborations Communities and Collaborations
Technical collaborations
◦The Library of Congress
◦San Diego Supercomputer Center
◦Trust
Success and FailureSuccess and Failure
Examples
◦Public television
◦State government repositories
◦Leadership
Lessons LearnedLessons Learned
Examples
◦The Library of Congress and the SDSC
◦State government repositories
◦The importance of human resources
ReferencesReferences
Ashenfelder, M., Boyko, A., Mandelbaum, J., Minor, D., McDonald, R., Moore, R. (2009). NDIIPP Models for Mass Data Transmission and Storage. Library Trends, 57, (3), 541-555.Kwon, H., Pardo, T.A., Burke, G.B. (2009). Interorganizational collaboration and community building for the preservation of state government digital information: Lessons from NDIIPP state
partnership initiative. Government Information Quarterly, 26, 186-192.Rubin, N. (2009). Preserving Digital Public Television: Not Just an Archive, but a New Attitude to Preserve Public Broadcasting. Library Trends, 57(3), 393-412.
